Here's a really useful trick in NS. Netscape uses only one cookie file, COOKIES.TXT, so you can kill all cookies and not get error messages by making it a zero byte, read-only file. Here's how:
Go to the DOS prompt in the directory where COOKIES.TXT is stored. Usually, it is C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\[your user name]. Note: Due to the short name limitation If you do this from the DOS prompt the directory will be C:\Progra~1\Netscape\Users\[your user name].
Enter the command, REM >COOKIES.TXT <Enter>.
This overwrites your old cookie file with the zero byte file.
Enter the command, ATTRIB +R COOKIES.TXT
This marks it Read-Only.
Now you can set your browser to accept all cookies. When you go to any site that tries to write a cookie to your hard drive, it "thinks" it has done so, but it ain't so. 🙂 I haven't run into any sites that don't allow access because of it. The only thing I can't do is have my browser remember my password for the forums. No big deal. 😀
When I put NS 4.76 and IE 5.5 side by side on the forums, NS simply looks better and works better. One is about as fast as the other on my machine (Athon 650, 256 MB PC-100, USR Sportster hardware modem).
Go to the DOS prompt in the directory where COOKIES.TXT is stored. Usually, it is C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users\[your user name]. Note: Due to the short name limitation If you do this from the DOS prompt the directory will be C:\Progra~1\Netscape\Users\[your user name].
Enter the command, REM >COOKIES.TXT <Enter>.
This overwrites your old cookie file with the zero byte file.
Enter the command, ATTRIB +R COOKIES.TXT
This marks it Read-Only.
Now you can set your browser to accept all cookies. When you go to any site that tries to write a cookie to your hard drive, it "thinks" it has done so, but it ain't so. 🙂 I haven't run into any sites that don't allow access because of it. The only thing I can't do is have my browser remember my password for the forums. No big deal. 😀
When I put NS 4.76 and IE 5.5 side by side on the forums, NS simply looks better and works better. One is about as fast as the other on my machine (Athon 650, 256 MB PC-100, USR Sportster hardware modem).
